I bought this last week. Great set. This week there is a coupon code on the product page offering an additional 20% Off. It was 10% when I ordered mine.
BTW, apparently the DVD you bought that claimed "Digitally Remastered" is product for sale targeting the Hong Kong market and has unremovable subtitles. The DVD to get is the R2 restored release. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sun-DVD-Charles-Bronson/dp/B013JZW7ZI/
So many great releases from Third Window Films. This is also one of my favourites, along with Fine, Totally Fine & Funuke, Show Some Love You Losers
Harmonium didn't get a Blu-ray release, but I thought its tragic and wrenching tale was gripping. There are good reasons why it won a Jury Prize at Cannes. Harmonium Review - DoBlu.com After The Storm is a decidedly less intense movie, but fine entertainment. It did hit Blu-ray from Film Movement. After the Storm Blu-ray Review - DoBlu.com Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue hits Blu-ray next week. The dark anime psycho-drama remains one of the best Japanese films from the 1990s. Perfect Blue Blu-ray Review - DoBlu.com
Harmonium is available on BD from Eureka, as part of their Masters of Cinema range: Harmonium Blu-ray After the Storm is a lovely little film by Hirokazu Kore-eda. As well as the BD release you mention, it has also been released by Arrow, both individually and as part of their extra-loaded Family Values box set. I can heartily recommend the latter: Family Values: Three Films by Hirokazu Kore-eda Blu-ray Standard disclaimer for the regionally crippled: yes, these are locked to Region B.
Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Kore-eda - BFI Blu-Ray Box Set coming in July - includes Maborosi, After Life, Nobody Knows & Still Walking.
Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyaaki. Recommended if you wondered what Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of Studio Ghibli and legendary animator, was up to after announcing his retirement a few years ago. http://doblu.com/2019/05/03/never-ending-man-hayao-miyazaki-blu-ray-review/
The series of Red Peony Gambler with English sub. I really love these flicks. Internet Archive Search: The Red Peony Gambler
Beyond Outrage. Stumbled upon this gem. Unfortunately, didn't know there was a previous film (Outrage). Got the first on order from my library.
Nice to see this thread revived. My latest Japanese cinema purchase is Hiroshi Teshigahara’s 1984 documentary film Antonio Gaudí. It is a long way from his sixties classics (Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another), but I enjoyed hugely this lyrical vision of Gaudí’s architectural masterpieces.
Shohei Imamura’s Black Rain is coming to BD from Arrow. I received this postcard along with the new Alejandro Jodorowsky box set:
The Japanese Blu-Ray, as pictured here, is Region Free while the UK Blu-Ray is Region locked unless you have a Blu-Ray player that is region free.
If one can't afford the Japanese Blu-Ray, the R2 DVD is still the best version. https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sun-DVD-Charles-Bronson/dp/B013JZW7ZI/?tag=shforums-20
Our Little Sister (2015) 8/10 There are some negative reviews of the movie: "Amazingly boring", "Nothing happens" and "A horribly pointless and slow drama". And I do get it. It is slow and not much does happen, to be honest. But I really enjoyed it and found it quite touching. This movie is 128 minutes long and it flew by for me. Great movie.
Not sure if you’ve seen any of Kore-eda’s other films, but, personally speaking, I found this a little saccharine compared with his previous efforts. It is still a very good film, mind. Quiet, family dramas are what Kore-eda does — he’s often compared with Ozu in that respect — so anyone approaching his work expecting plot-driven action sequences is going to come away disappointed. For me, he’s probably the finest Japanese director working today.
The Inugami Family (1976) I loved the OST so much that I watched the film this week. Absolutely loved it! The 2.5 hours went by so quickly. It didn't feel dated at all (partly because it was digitally restored last year). The effects used for flashbacks were so cool. One of the best mystery / crime films I've ever seen
